Without leaving the estate, you can also join a bird-watching group, embark on a nature trail safari or take a photography class.

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Toby Smith graduated from the London College of Communication with a Masters in Contemporary Photography (2009) and is now one of a core group of Getty Images Reportage photographers, having previously been a "Featured" photographer.

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But while Google's engineers provided technical support to the project, the actual photography and stitching together of the images was carried out by a scientists funded by the Catlin Group, a Bermuda-based insurance firm.

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